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Convicted Tyco Executives Seek
Reversals From Appellate Court

By

Chad Bray

Updated Oct. 4, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

Former Tyco International Ltd. executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz asked a New York state appellate court to throw out their convictions almost 16 months after they were found guilty of charges that they systematically looted the Bermuda conglomerate.

In a brief filed with New York State Supreme Court's Appellate Division, lawyers for Mr. Kozlowski, Tyco's former chief executive, and Mr. Swartz, Tyco's former chief financial officer, said their convictions should be reversed and the indictment dismissed,...